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person_profile-Mel Stuart

Mel Stuart Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Mel Stuart

Date of Birth:

Sep 02, 1928

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 09, 2012

Biography of

Mel Stuart

    Mel Stuart (born Stuart Solomon; September 2, 1928 – August 9, 2012) was an American film director and producer who often worked with producer David L. Wolper, at whose production firm he worked for 17 years, before going freelance.

    Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He has directed other features, including If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), One Is a Lonely Number (1974) and Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000).

    Stuart also directed feature documentaries including Four Days in November and Wattstax.

    In addition he has directed or produced over 150 films including movies of the week, The Triangle Factory Fire, Bill, The Chisholms, and Ruby and Oswald, the television series Ripley's Believe it Not, and the documentaries The Making of the President 1960, 1964, and 1968, The Hobart Shakespeareans, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Man Ray - The Prophet of the Avant-Garde, George Plimpton and the Philharmonic and The Poet's View. He has been awarded four Emmy awards, an Academy Award nomination, a Peabody and numerous other awards. He served as president of the International Documentary Association for two years.

    He was related to TV producer David L. Wolper.

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Mel Stuart

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Filmography of

Mel Stuart

Found 21 Movies in total

... 2010

... 2005

... 1998

... 1997

... 1987

... 1981

... 1979

... 1978

... 1978

... 1976

... 1976

Wattstax

Director

... 1973

... 1972

... 1971

... 1970

... 1970

... 1969

... 1967

... 1966

... 1964

... 1963